Ed Roland did an interview with Variety recently. He talked about spirituality being in his lyrics, but not as a believer:\n\n"Lyrically, there’s spirituality sprinkled in, just because of how I was raised — not because of what I believe in."\n\n"Dad, I believe in the separation of church and rock ’n roll."\n\nSpecifically about Untitled:\n\nVariety: \'Was the line “I don’t believe in preachers” (from “Untitled”) a dig at your dad?\'\n\nRoland: \'Not at all. I just wanted everybody to believe in themselves.\'\n\nIt could be that the "you" in Untitled is Ed talking to himself in second person or to someone else as a form of encouragement, rather than being god.\n\nHere\'s the rest of his response:\n\n\'My first memories with me and my pops is, he took me to see a Johnny Cash show, to see Liberace, The Kinks, Elton John, the Eagles. My father had a beautiful voice, and was actually supposed to sing opera in Italy. And then, him and God had a talk, and he figured something out how he wanted to do his life. … I remember I could hear him talking to mom, they were gonna have some record burning night somewhere in the south. And he said, “I can’t do it.” Dude, I was only like 15 at the time, but I’d already told them I was gonna be a songwriter. I didn’t know I’d be in a band, but he knew my love of music, and he respected it. He goes, “I will not be a part of that.” And I remember thinking: that’s cool. That’s a good sign of support of what I wanted to do in life.\'\n\nhttps://variety.com/2020/music/news/collective-souls-world-i-know-ed-roland-interview-1234728913/
Also, \'Why did you leave the song “Untitled” untitled?\' \'Because I just ran out of words, dude.\'\r\n\r\nSorry for the bad formatting in the previous post.
Also, \'Why did you leave the song “Untitled” untitled?\' \'Because I just ran out of words, dude.\'\r\n\r\nSorry for the bad formatting in the previous post.
Ed Roland did an interview with Variety recently. He talked about spirituality being in his lyrics, but not as a believer:\n\n"Lyrically, there’s spirituality sprinkled in, just because of how I was raised — not because of what I believe in."\n\n"Dad, I believe in the separation of church and rock ’n roll."\n\nSpecifically about Untitled:\n\nVariety: \'Was the line “I don’t believe in preachers” (from “Untitled”) a dig at your dad?\'\n\nRoland: \'Not at all. I just wanted everybody to believe in themselves.\'\n\nIt could be that the "you" in Untitled is Ed talking to himself in second person or to someone else as a form of encouragement, rather than being god.\n\nHere\'s the rest of his response:\n\n\'My first memories with me and my pops is, he took me to see a Johnny Cash show, to see Liberace, The Kinks, Elton John, the Eagles. My father had a beautiful voice, and was actually supposed to sing opera in Italy. And then, him and God had a talk, and he figured something out how he wanted to do his life. … I remember I could hear him talking to mom, they were gonna have some record burning night somewhere in the south. And he said, “I can’t do it.” Dude, I was only like 15 at the time, but I’d already told them I was gonna be a songwriter. I didn’t know I’d be in a band, but he knew my love of music, and he respected it. He goes, “I will not be a part of that.” And I remember thinking: that’s cool. That’s a good sign of support of what I wanted to do in life.\'\n\nhttps://variety.com/2020/music/news/collective-souls-world-i-know-ed-roland-interview-1234728913/
Also, \'Why did you leave the song “Untitled” untitled?\' \'Because I just ran out of words, dude.\'\r\n\r\nSorry for the bad formatting in the previous post.
Also, \'Why did you leave the song “Untitled” untitled?\' \'Because I just ran out of words, dude.\'\r\n\r\nSorry for the bad formatting in the previous post.